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Nigeria already in electric vehicle revolution race, says Aliyu

Jul 19, 2021Jul 21, 2021 Omobayo Azeez

Nigeria already in electric vehicle revolution race Director General of National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Engr. Jelani Aliyu has disclosed that the world is in a race on the backs of eagles, and Nigeria cannot afford to be in that race on the backs of anything less, neither a falcon nor a hawk, but on the backs of eagles. Speaking at the recent commissioning of Nigeria’s second solar-powered electric car charging station at the University of Lagos, Engr. Aliyu said whatever advanced technology is being leveraged…

Nigeria attracted $1bn automotive investments in 2019, says FG

Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021 Umar Suleiman

Nigeria attracted $1bn automotive investments in 2019, says FG The Federal Government has said its reforms in the automotive industry attracted investments worth over $1 billion in 2019. Mr Jelani Aliyu, the director-general, National Automotive Design and Development Council, made this known at the House of Representatives in Abuja on Wednesday. The House had set up an ad hoc committee which is organising a two-day investigative hearing on the budgetary approvals and multilateral donations on skills acquisition and related programmes of the Federal Government and its agencies. Aliyu said,…